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Objective To evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) with acute tubulointerstitial nephropathy (ATIN).Methods Patients who were diagnosed as IgAN with ATIN and IgAN without ATIN by renal biopsy in Peking University First Hospital were enrolled.There were 74 cases of IgAN with ATIN,and seventy-four cases of IgAN without ATIN were enrolled based on stratified sampling (chosen by 1∶ 1).The two groups were well matched with age,gender,follow-up time,mesangial hypercellularity(M),endocapillaryhypercellularity (E),segmental glomerulosclerosis(S),tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis(T) and cellular/fibrocellular crescent(C).The clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of two groups were retrospectively analyzed.A composite end point,defined as 30％ or 50％ estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)decline and end stage renal disease (ESRD) was used.Renal function and proteinuria during follow-up were observed.Renal survival was calculated by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and risk factors of progression were analyzed by using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models.Results Seventy-four cases of IgAN with ATIN and seventy-four cases of IgAN without ATIN were enrolled.Serum creatinine [(185.6±83.2) μmol/L vs (146.3 ±69.2) μmol/L,P=0.010] and incidence of acute kidney disease (AKD) (31.1％ vs 5.4％,P ＜ 0.001) were higher in IgAN with ATIN group than those in IgAN without ATIN group.Patients in ATIN group received more immunosuppressive treatment (86.5％vs 58.1％,P＜ 0.001).During 1 year after biopsy,mean eGFR increased significantly in IgAN with ATIN group [(39.7+ 14.6) ml· min-1· (1.73 m2)-1 vs (47.2+ 19.9) ml· min-1· (1.73 m2)-1,P=0.017],but mean eGFR was not statistic different in IgAN without ATIN group [(60.0±30.5) ml· min-1· (1.73 m2)-1 vs (59.0±31.7) ml· min-1· (1.73 m2)-1,P=0.567].Median follow-up was 23.0 months in IgAN with ATIN group,and Median follow-up was 30.0 months in IgAN without ATIN group.Incidence of composite end point had no significant differences between two groups.IgAN with ATIN was not the independent risk factor for end point.IgAN patients with ATIN were divided into two groups (with AKD and without AKD),then renal survival rate was higher (Log-rank test,x2=5.293,P=0.021) and the risk for composite end point decreased by 79.2％ (HR=0.208,95％CI 0.046-0.939,P=0.041) in the group with AKD.Conclusions In IgAN,there is a subgroup of patients with the specific pathological phenotype combined with ATIN.Compared with those without AKD,the risk for composite end point of IgAN patients with ATIN and AKD showed a 79.2％ decrease.
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Objective To evaluate the etiology,epidemiological characteristics,clinical diagnosis,and outcomes of hospitalized patients with AKI in Xinjiang,analyzing the risk factors of their clinical prognosis.Methods A multicenter retrospective survey was conducted,investigating adult patients admitted to four hospitals in Xinjiang in January and July 2013.Patients with AKI were screened out based on KDIGO's inclusion and exclusion criteria.Clinical variables of patients with AKI including demographics,clinical data,laboratory tests,treatment measures and prognosis were collected.Results Among 32,157 adult hospitalized patients,there were 722 AKI patients.Excluding those with incomplete data,719 patients were enrolled in this study.The detection rate of AKI was 2.25％ (722 of 32,157) by KDIGO criteria.The main cause for AKI was pre-renal injury,led mainly by cardiac output,low blood volume,and the use of nephrotoxic drugs.The non-recognition rate of AKI was 72.4％ (407/557).Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis showed that AKI stage,peripheral vasodilation and renal parenchyma were protective factors of the omission diagnosis.In the short-term prognostic analysis,the overall mortality rate was 12.8％(92/719).Among the 323 patients with AKI who survived discharge,43.7％(141) had renal function recovery;40.2％(130) did not fully recover their renal function but ceased maintenance dialysis;16.4％ (53) were still on dialysis at discharge.Multivariate Cox regression model suggested that DIC,shock and department of obstetrics were independent risk factors for death during hospitalization of AKI.In addition,the risk of death for AKI from department of obstetrics and gynecology patients was higher than that of other departments.Conclusions The most common reason for AKI in hospitalized patients in Xinjiang was pre-renal injury.The main risk factors were low cardiac output and low blood volume.The omission diagnosis of AKI was serious;AKI stage,peripheral vasodilation and renal parenchymal injury however were its protective factors.Poor-DIC,shock,hospitalization in obstetrics were independent risk factors for death in patients with AKI.